Matthew 21:5

New American Bible - revised edition

“Say to daughter Zion, ‘Behold, your king comes to you, meek and riding on an ass, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”

Cross References

Genesis 49:10

The scepter shall never depart from Judah, or the mace from between his feet, Until tribute comes to him, and he receives the people’s obedience.

2 Samuel 16:2

The king said to Ziba, “What are you doing with all this?” Ziba replied: “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on. The bread and summer fruits are for your servants to eat, and the wine to drink when they grow weary in the wilderness.”

1 Kings 1:33

he said to them: “Take with you the royal officials. Mount my son Solomon upon my own mule and escort him down to Gihon.

1 Kings 10:26

Solomon amassed chariots and horses; he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses; these he allocated among the chariot cities and to the king’s service in Jerusalem.

Psalm 9:14

Be gracious to me, Lord; see how my foes afflict me! You alone can raise me from the gates of death.

Isaiah 12:6

Shout with exultation, City of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel!

Isaiah 40:9

Go up onto a high mountain, Zion, herald of good news! Cry out at the top of your voice, Jerusalem, herald of good news! Cry out, do not fear! Say to the cities of Judah: Here is your God!

Isaiah 62:11

The Lord has proclaimed to the ends of the earth: Say to daughter Zion, “See, your savior comes! See, his reward is with him, his recompense before him.”

Ezekiel 34:24

I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince in their midst. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Ezekiel 37:24

David my servant shall be king over them; they shall all have one shepherd. They shall walk in my ordinances, observe my statutes, and keep them.

Hosea 1:7

Yet for the house of Judah I will feel pity; I will save them by the Lord, their God; but I will not save them by bow or sword, by warfare, by horses or horsemen.

Micah 5:2

Therefore the Lord will give them up, until the time when she who is to give birth has borne, Then the rest of his kindred shall return to the children of Israel.

Numbers 24:19

and Jacob will rule his foes.

Matthew 11:29

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves.

Matthew 2:2

saying, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.”

Matthew 2:6

‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; since from you shall come a ruler, who is to shepherd my people Israel.’”

Matthew 21:6

The disciples went and did as Jesus had ordered them.

Luke 24:27

Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them what referred to him in all the scriptures.

John 1:49

Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.”

2 Corinthians 10:1

Now I myself, Paul, urge you through the gentleness and clemency of Christ, I who am humble when face to face with you, but brave toward you when absent,

Deuteronomy 17:16

But he shall not have a great number of horses; nor shall he make his people go back again to Egypt to acquire many horses, for the Lord said to you, Do not go back that way again.

Judges 12:14

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel for eight years.

Judges 5:10

Those who ride on white donkeys, seated on saddle rugs, and those who travel the road, Sing of them